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Hunky Dory — Hunky Dory … Википедия
Hunky Dory — Álbum de David Bowie Publicación 17 de diciembre de 1971 Grabación Abril de 1971 en Trident Studios, Londres Género(s) Glam rock … Wikipedia Español
Hunky Dory — Album par David Bowie Sortie 17 décembre 1971 Enregistrement avril 1971 studios Trident, Londres Durée 39:04 Genre Glam rock … Wikipédia en Français
Hunky Dory — Studioalbum von David Bowie Veröffentlichung 17. Dezember 1971 Aufnahme 1971 Label … Deutsch Wikipedia
hunky dory — If something is hunky dory, it is perfectly satisfactory, fine … The small dictionary of idiomes
hunky-dory — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ excellent. ORIGIN hunky from Dutch honk home (in games); the origin of dory is unknown … English terms dictionary
hunky-dory — ☆ hunky dory [huŋ′kē dôr′ē ] adj. [hunky (< U.S. local hunk, goal, home, as in the game of tag, hence safe place, all right < Du honk, a post, station, goal) + dory < ?] Slang all right; fine … English World dictionary
hunky-dory — 1866, Amer.Eng. (popularized c.1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey all right, satisfactory (1861), from hunk in a safe position (1847) New York City slang, from Du. honk goal, home, from M.Du. honc place of refuge … Etymology dictionary
Hunky Dory — Infobox Album Name = Hunky Dory Type = studio Artist = David Bowie Released = start date|1971|12|17|df=yes Recorded = Trident Studios, London, start date|1971|4 Genre = Art rock, pop rock, glam rock Length = 39:04 Label = RCA Producer = Ken Scott … Wikipedia
hunky-dory — adj. esp. US colloq. excellent. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. * * * hunky dory [ˌhʌŋki ˈdɔːri] [ˌhʌŋki ˈdɔːri] adjective not before noun (informal) if you say that everything is hunky dory, you mean that there are no problems and tha … Useful english dictionary
hunky-dory — hun|ky dor|y [ˌhʌŋki ˈdo:ri] adj [not before noun] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: hunky fine (19 20 centuries) (from hunk safe, fine (1800 1900), from hunk goal, home (in a game) (1800 1900), from Dutch honk) + dory (of unknown origin)] informal if a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
